The term "ageism" refers to

the veneration of the elderly.
judging people on the basis of chronological age.
the view of society held by older people.
the demographics of the population pyramid.


judging people on the basis of chronological age.

Psychology

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a. content validity b. construct validity c. concurrent validity d. predictive validity

Psychology

The therapy in which a person masturbates to a conventional fantasy and then masturbates again immediately to the undesirable fantasy is called ____

a. satiation therapy c. satisfaction therapy b. orgasmic reconditioning d. fantasy reconditioning

Psychology

Follow-up research on infant cognitive development suggests that mastery of object permanence __________

A) is not possible until age 2 B) occurs in Piaget’s Substage 4 C) is a gradual achievement D) develops suddenly, at around 4 months

Psychology

A significant Pearson r

a. may be generalized to any population b. may only be generalized to the population from which the sample measures were selected c. may only be generalized to finite populations d. may never be generalized to a population

Psychology